Jason Brilz set to step up in place of Forrest Griffin at UFC 114
Posted on May 4, 2010, 05:51 PM by Daniel CassidyWith Forrest Griffin's earlier announcement today that a shoulder injury has caused him to drop out of his upcoming bout with Antonio Rogiero Nogueira, Jason Brilz has stepped up to take Griffin's place, after Lil Nog earlier announced that he still wants to fight, making sure his intense and rigorous training is not wasted.
Brilz steps into this bout with an overall record of 18-2-1, with a record inside the octagon of 3-1. His 3 wins with the UFC are over Brad Morris via tko, Tim Boetsch via unanimous decision and Eric Schafer again via unanimous decision. His only loss was a split decision to Eliot Marshall at UFC 103. He aslo holds wins over Alex Schoenaeur and Jason Macdonald. His one draw was against former UFC heavyweight Justin Eilers.
Lil Nog comes into this fight riding a 6 win streak, with a UFC record of 1-0, since his Knockout of the Night against Luiz Cane, at UFC 106. The Team Black House member holds an overall record of 18-3, his only other losses come to Shogun Rua and Vladimir Matyushenko. In a well distinguished career, he overcame opponents such as Dan Henderson and 2 wins over Alistair Overeem during his time serving in Pride.
Speaking about his new opponent, Nogueira had this to say:
“What can I do? Let’s change the strategy. I want to fight him standing or go to the ground and try a submission. It changed from a striker to a wrestler, but we are going for it, I’ll go for the knockout.”
The UFC 114 card is headlined by the much anticipated grudge match between Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson, will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29th.
HT: MMAJunkie.com
Comments
what, did houston alexander say no?
Not a great deal for Lil' Nog. Beating a guy like Forrest would put him right among the mix, but beating Brilz won´t do much for him. But it's like he said: What can we do? Hope he gets KO of the night again.
Lil nog was already ahead of forrest for "in the mix. Hes at least a top 3 light heavyweight...but i agree brilz is a no win scenario for him
Dan Quinn would fight
Hey thats my neighbor, hes a dentist.
Agree that lil nog probably is better than a lot of ppl are giving him credit for but top 3 are machida, shogun and rampage (or rashad). I would've liked to have seen Jones step up and replace forrest in this fight
Yea, I would say this is a rather boring and disappointing replacement.
imagine if blitz KO lil nog ! that would be crazy
it could happen that african assassin guy did it but i hope lil nog wins
How can Dana call Strikeforce a bush league when he keeps putting together these f*cktard sacraficial lamb matchup's..?? First Bones Jones and now this. What a joke.
i agree
meh its not that but i do believe Bones should fight a top 5 guy now and they should have a better replacement for griifin
With Jones it's not so much a sacrificial lamb but they just dont want to rush him into anything. Jones could be the future of the LHW division, he's still only 22. It's not a f***tard sacrificial lamb matchups it's what's best for the UFC and Jones' career. And not that Jones shouldnt destroy Matyushenko but he's (matyushenko) a tough veteran and isnt going to roll over and die in the fight
I almost don't believe this with all the good PPV's they've been having...
Im still buying the card , but now im alot less excited. Rampage and Evans better have a spectacular KO.
who?? this just make the whole card lose great part of its value!
but rashad vs rampage its just to damw good to miss!
BOO!!!
Hey chatter chatter..... Hey chatter chatter..... BOO!
It's better than nothing.
This is a pretty undeserved matchup, but I said the same thing about Hardy vs. Swick. The UFC matchmaker has almost earned my trust. If Brilz can keep up with Nog, I'll officially be won over.
Never heard of this guy.
yea, this guy wakes up and cant remember his OWN name.
I wonder if anyone will point out me contradicting myself up above on the posts?
Kind of disappointed with this one but at least Nog will still fight so we can see him in action. It's better than getting dropped from the card. Definitely Brilz big opportunity, let's see if he makes anything of it.
Who????
At least we still get to see lil nog fight. And this Brilz guy has a similar record to lil nog, just not the names.
Why wasn't Jason Brilz one of the options in the daily poll a few days ago! Lol
wow this is gonna be gay!
haha